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8.16.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radioized Turning Story Hour. As a
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  reminder of RADIOI is a reading service intended for people
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  are blinder of other disabilities that make it difficulty printed material.
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  Today we will be reading from various books on fat.
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  Your reader today is dying. Our first book is one
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  that we did not finish last time, and it's called
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  Look What Feet You Can Do. It was published by
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  Learner Publications Company, a division of Learner Publishing Group, as
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  a copyright to ear of two thousand and seven and
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  the author is Dm. Sous Zouza. When it's time to eat,
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  the bast fly out, zigzagging close to the water. They
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  listen for small fish feeding just below the surface. All
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  at once, they hit the water with their feet. Then
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  they sweep the surface with long, sharp claws. Bats that
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  catch a fish and their cloths may eat it while
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  they fly. Some may take it to a perch. Others
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  store their treat in special cheek pouches and continue fishing.
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  Before dawn, the bats returns to their hideouts. Many sleep
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  together in the same place. There they rest until it's
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  time to go fishing again. Fishing bats sweep for fish
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  by dragging their long claws about an inch beneath the
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  surface of the water one slimy foot. The sun has disappeared,
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  a moves out of its hiding place under a rock.
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  On top of its head are two long, fleshy horns.
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  Each horn has an eye on its tip. Beneath the
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  long horns are two shorter ones with two more eyes.
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  The slug moves slowly from one end of its body
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  to the other. Muscles rise and fall like tiny waves.
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  These mussels are part of the slug's one and only foot.
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  They are its petal power. They help it surf over
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  the grounds. Slugs are related to snails, clams, oysters, and
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  scallops all have only one foot. As the slug moves,
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  slime oozes from its body. Slime acts as a carpet
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  for the slug's big foot instead of footprints. The animal
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  waves behind a trail slime. The slug climbs a wall
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  but does not slip. It serves over broken glass and
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  pieces of sharp metal, but nothing cuts or scratches its body.
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  Slime protects it. When the sun appears again in the sky,
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  the slug turns around. It picks up the scent of
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  its trail, and follows it back to its hideout slowly
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  it moves along on its big, slimy foot. The slug
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  leaves behind a trail slime that protects its body as
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  it travels a parade of feet. Many animals use their
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  feet as tools. For example, mole crickets can turn their
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  front feet into shovels. Beevers comb their fur with their
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  front claws and hind feet. Otters catch food with their
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  front feet. The seaowter holds its meal with its front
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  feet while eating. Did you know that houseflies taste with
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  their feet. They have hundreds of tiny hairs on the
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  bottom of their feet. As the insect walks, these hairs
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  signal when it reaches food. You may have seen flies
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  rubbing their legs and feet together. They try to keep
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  them clean and ready at any moment they may walk
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  across a treat. Houseflies are always rubbing their feet together
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  to keep them clean for their next meal. Butterflies also
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  taste with their feet. When they land on the drop
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  of syrup, their tongues throw out like party favors butterflies
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  since when their feet have found something sweet to drink,
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  Butterflies throw out their long tongs to sit nectar from flowers.
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  Blue footed Boobies are birds that live on the Gallipacus
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  Islands of Ecuador. They have bright blue feet. During mating season,
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  males wave their feet to catch the attention of females.
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  The male blue footed booby is waving his feet to
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  catch the tension of the female. This is called corning.
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  Some animal moles, such as steers, horses, elk and roosters,
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  fight with their feet. A kangaroo's feet pack a double
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  punch while the animal boxes with its front feet, its
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  hind feet can deliver a knockout blow. Kangaroos are well
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  known for their powerful boxing abilities. Scientists believe that elephants
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  signal one another by stopping their feet. Elephants as far
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  as the way is twenty miles are able to pick
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  up the message. They do it through their feet. Now
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  those are far out feet. The elephants can fill vibrations
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  from the ground in their feet. This helps them receive
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  messages from other elephants. Our next set of books are
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  about going to school, and the first one is called
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  Mix and Moe's First Day of School. It was published
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  by Simon's Spotlight, an imprint of Simon and Schuster's Children's
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  Publishing division. It has the copyright ear of two thousand
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  and seven and the author is Patricia Laken. Mix and
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  Mo were best friends. They lived in a cozy cage,
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  being bang boeing, We are moving, They cried, where too
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  at Mix? Back to school, said Mo. It is our
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  first day, said Mix. Moe read the sign. We are
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  in the art room. New things to make, said Mix.
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  And new friends too, said Mo. They waited for the
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  big ones. Hello, called out Mix and Mo. She called
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  me tummy, said Moe. He called me fluffy Mix. They
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  do not know our names. They said. We need name tags,
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  they said. Mix scratched his chin. How do we make them?
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  Most scratched his ears. We need to get out the
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  big one, slept Mix, climbed on Mo. Up and out
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  went Mix, Up and out went Mo. This book tells
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  us what to do, said Mo. They took the row,
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  They wrapped it. They taped it, Mo wrote, Mix pored
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  and rowed. That is my name, said Mo. That is
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  my name, said Mix. Help cried Mix. It is rolling,
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  Mo read cut a straw into now tape. No more rolling,
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  said Mix and Mo. Oops. They said it needs to
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  go in our cage. How, said Mix. Lift up? Said Mo.
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  Tilt up climb up, tilt down, slide down. We They
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  curled up and waited for the beer. Big Ones, Hello, Maximo.
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  The Big Ones off set. Our next book is called
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  A Smart Smart School. It was published by Carper Collins
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  Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers. Is a copy
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  right here of twenty twenty three, and it was written
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  by Sharon Creech. At the beginning and the end of
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  each day, the principal, mister King ran in the school.
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  Bill Tilly, who was first student to arrive and the
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  last leave, often helped him. Mister Keen loved his fine,
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  fine school. He loved to stroll up and down the halls,
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  looking at the fine, fine students and the fine fine teachers.
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  He loved to watch the students drawing and painting, and
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  reading and singing. He felt so proud to be their
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  principal that some days he thought his buttons would first.
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  But one day something else first. A pits poor mister
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  King away till the hospital. He went, till he was
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  worried would mister King get better? A new principal arrived.
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  His name was mister Tatters, and he was a serious man.
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  He did not smile. He did not laugh. He marched
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  up and down the halls, glaring at the students and
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  the teachers. He stumped into one room where Tilly was
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  sitting nearest the door. What's that you're doing, mister Tatters demanded.
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  We're making getwill callrds. Till he said, for mister King.
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  Come with me, mister Tatters said. He led Tilly to
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  another room. And what is going on there? He asked.
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  They're making a banner for mister King. Till he said,
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  a getwill banner. Mister Tatters marched up and down the
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  halls with Tilly at his sight. They saw children making
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  cards and banners and posters and paper flowers. In the
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  last room, children were scribbling on the board there, he said,
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  What is going on there? Till he said, they're writing
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  a song for mister King, a getwell song. It's nearly done.
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  Would you like to hear it? No, I would not,
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  mister Tatters said. The next day is all the children
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  were in their classrooms working on their cards and banners
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  and posters and flowers and psalms. Mister Tatter's made an announcement.
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  This is a school, he said, and in order to
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  be smart, smart school, we should be taking tests, ooh ooh,
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  till he thought, we will have lots and lots of tests.
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  Mister Tatters said. The students and the teachers were worried.
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  We will not be making any more cards and banners
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  and posters and flowers and psalms. When we return on Monday,
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  we will be taking important tests. This will be a smart,
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  smart school. And so on Monday, the students took tests
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  all day long, and on Tuesday took tests all day long.
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  At home, Tilly's dog, Beans pulled at her shoelaces. Her
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  little brother tucked at her sleeve. Aren't she gonna play
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  with us? He said, I can't. Tilly said, I have
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  to study for these tests. I have a million tests.
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  On Wednesday and Thursday, Tilly and her friends took tests
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  all day long. One of Tilly's teachers said, I can't
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  think of any more questions to ask. Another said I
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  can't grate another test. Tilly said, I have no more answers.
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  At home, Beans lay at Tilly's feet. My brain is empty, empty, empty,
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  Tilly said. Her little brother handed her an orange for
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  your brain, he said. On Friday, Tilly and her friends
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  took tests all day long and at the end of
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  the day, the students and the teachers limped home, But
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  on Saturday they all went to the hospital. Inside Tilly
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  spoke with a nurse. I see, he said. The nurse
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  tell them to stand over there on the grass. When
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  the students and teachers saw the nurse and mister King
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  at a window, they held up their cards and banners
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  and posters and flowers, and they sang their song, mister King,
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  mister King, please get well, Please come back and ring
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  the bell. Mister King, mister King, please get well. We
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  miss you tongues because you're so swell. They sang their
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  song loudly and proudly. They waved their cards and banners
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  and posters and flowers. Mister King left the window five
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  minutes past, ten minutes past. The students and the teachers
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  felt sad. Sad said, I guess we'd better go home now,
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  till he said, But then the door of the hospital opened,
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  and out came the nurse pushing a wheelchair, and in
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  the wheelchair was mister King and his white hospital gown
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  with a yellow blanket over his knees. Till he wheeled
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  him around so that he could examine the cards and
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  manners and posters and flowers. Mister King smiled and smiled.
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  On Monday, mister King returned to school. He helped mister
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  Tatters pack up his papers. Bye bye, he said, And
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  after that mister Tatters left. Mister King made an announcement.
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  I have been studying all the tests you have taken.
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  I am extremely concerned. Ooh oh, Tilly thought, these tests
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  definitely show that something is missing. The students and the
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  teachers were worried till he went to mister King's office.
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  Mister King, she said, our brains are empty, empty, But
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  that beautiful song, those posters and flowers, didn't those come
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  from your brains? That was before the test. Till he said, Aha,
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  mister King said, I see that. Afternoon, mister King made
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  another announcement. I have discovered what is missing for your test,
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  he said. Who oh, Tilly thought. There are no drawings,
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  no beautiful colors, no little poems. These tests do not
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  sing to me. Mister King said, And so tomorrow, in
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  all week, we will have one more big test. Groans
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  filled the room. We will have a test to see
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  if we can go one whole week without a test.
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  A huge enormous cheer went up throughout the school, and
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  mister King added, we will only be able to draw
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  and sing and dance and write poems this week. Another huge,
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  enormous cheer went up throughout the school and selled out
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  the window and into the air. That week, mister King
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  went around to all the classes and watched the students
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  drawing and painting and writing poems and singing. He gave
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  each student a button, a smart smart student, and he
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  gave each teacher button a smart smart teacher. So of
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  course the students may a huge colorful banner which the
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  hone on mister King's office door, a smart smart principle.
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  All that week the students pained and drew and sang,
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  and they did not take any tests, not one single one. Someday,
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  mister King said, we will take a test or two someday,
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  but not this day. If you pass that school even now,
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  you might see mister King ringing in the bell, and
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  you might also see a beautiful painted banner out front,
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  a smart smart school, and beneath it another banner with
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  smart smart students and smart smart teachers and a smart
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  smart principle too. Our next book is called Lama Lama
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  Back to School, and it was published by Viking, an
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  imprint of Penguin Random House. It has a copyright ear
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  of twenty twenty two and the author is read Duncan.
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  Summer's here with all it's fun, Lama hopes it's never done. Fishing, hiking, slipping, slide, backyard, camping,
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  picnic time, farmers, market for yummy fruit, town square band
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  plays drums and flutes, mini golf, bike and boat, fireflies, castles, mots, breakfast,
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  late lazy days. All we go on for all our play, backyard, picnic,
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  family friends, but follows on its way again. Mama Lama
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  points to the dates. School starts soon and it won't wait.
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  Summer's coming to a clothes time to shop for new
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  school clothes. Hot hot sun, long car ride. Do I
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  have to go inside? Swallowed by pants, squeezed into shoes.
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  This is the last thing Lama wants to do. Water bottle,
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  new lunch box, backpack, sweater, shirt and socks. Mama spots
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  another store. Wells, my hoofs are sore. Back at home,
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  pants too long. Mama hymns and hums a song. Make
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  the lunch and healthy snacks, lay out clothes and a
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  new backpack, Tuck and kiss. Thoughts so swirly. Morning comes
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  so bright and early. Goodbye to Mama. Now school begins. Hello, teacher,
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  Hello friends, crowns, paper, beyond time. Don't push your shoves,
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  stand in line, do not shout, raise your hand. Welcome all. Now,
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  here's the plan. Luncheon, cubbies, coats on hooks, clan paint, music, books.
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  Look over there a new someone, he's not happy, not
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  having fun. Come with us. Don't be scared. Here take mine,
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  we can share. Choose some colors, get supplies, Sit next
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  to me, Dry your eyes. Yes, like this, toad and glue.
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  Way to go. It takes two. Now we've all learned
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  something new. Lama, Friends and teacher to Lama. Lama. Back
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  to school. Our next story is called Back to School
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  Tortoise and it was published by Albert Whitman and Company.
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  It has a copyright year of twenty ten and it
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  was written by Lucy M. George. Summer was almost over.
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  It was time to go back to school. Tortoise got up,
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  got dressed, and had breakfast. Then he left for school.
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  But he started thinking what if he tripped and fell,
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  or he didn't like lunch, or the kids were mean
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  to him? What if he tripped while getting lunch, and
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  all the kids were mean to him. No, he decided,
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  I can't go in. He sat down by the door.
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  But then he started thinking, what if it was fun
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  or lunch was his favorite, or he made lots of
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  new friends. What if it was fun eating his favorite
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  lunch with all his new friends. I'll go to school,
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  he decided. He took a deep breath and opened the door.
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  Good morning, everyone, Tortoise said, as he bravely as he could.
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  Good morning, mister Tortoise. They all shouted back. Our next
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  story is called Gloriana Presente First Day of School Story.
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  It was published by Christia to A. B No Books
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  has a copy right year of twenty twenty four and
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  the author is Elissa Renoso Morris. Today is my first
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  day of elementary school of Bueila. Dice no te prokopis
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  Gloriana to use my mind. She tells me a story
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  about our family's island home in La Republica Dominicana. On
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  our island, the tall trees dance car elevento, filling my
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  basket with mangoes, aguacs cocos. She says, I shimmey and
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  shake like the trees to the shata music. I sing
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  bela bela, as los montonas reached for la luna. The
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  wind whistles a song a Bueilo says, like a wolf singing.
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  Can sinos de more to the moon, I say, the
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  ocean waves sing your number and took your dettos of
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  Bueila says I get going, whisper Gloriana, Gloriana, Gloriana, as
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  we serve for the city street puddles, story frees the
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  miriposas in my nervous stomach, they flutter away. Conla Brissa,
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  yave of Wailo says, you're going to have a great day.
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  But when I walk into the classroom, Wailo's soothing voice
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  is gone. The peaceful pleasriuside, and suddenly I'm drowning in
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  a sea of new faces. The mountains crumble on, the
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  tropical trees wither away. Musica from our Islah has been
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  replaced with words and phrases. I don't understand. Mister Desolivo
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  takes attendance when he comes to my name. Gloriana up
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  my mouth to say I'm here, but los Palabros hide
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  in the back of my throat. I don't want everyone
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  to stare at me. He calls my name again. I
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  close my eyes and picture the ocean waves on our
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  isla la mondome. Finally I let out presente. Mister DeSalvo
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  smiles and proceeds to the next name. During recess, I
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  jump rope by myself Uno duos trades. Want to play tag?
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  Charlie asks, I want to how see as proudly as
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  the wolves that sing to the moon. Instead, I mutter
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  a soft sure, but Charlie doesn't hear me. Donna and
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  Kayla are waiting behind him for an answer. Yes, I
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  am frozen a silent montana. Eventually, Charlie and his friends
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  walk away. Back in the classroom, mister de Salvo puts
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  a math problem on the board and gives us a
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  few minutes to solve it. Then he goes around to
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  check our work. Gloriana, can you share your answer? I
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  look down at my desk and feel myself shrinking. He says,
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  don't be scared, you have the right answer. I think
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  about Los altos Blando, but I cannot shimmy or shake
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  off my fear. Mister Desavo gives me a sticker and
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  moves on to someone else. On the walk home, Buelo
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  ask about my day. I felt like my lips were
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  super glued. I couldn't speak, and I didn't make any friends.
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  I explained. When I first moved to the Bronx, Wilo says,
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  I missed my amigo ye Mesamela. I felt alone, stuck
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  in the eye of a hurricane. I would try to
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  speak up and then my voice swept away Perro los
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  pelebros comca el Temple. Every time I think about our Ailah,
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  my stories flow like the waterfalls. I say, see, because
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  you feel at home there, composnsia, you will feel comfortable
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  in two esculia and the words were rushed out, as
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  long as you don't give up. Several weeks later, my
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  teacher says everyone has to speak in front of the
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  class about their homes, your families. When he asks for
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  volunteer to go first, I force my hand up high.
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  My heart beats like a tambourine, and I feel as
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  if I have a mouthful of sand. I'm scared, but
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  I want to be brave, like a whalow. I close
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  myce and take a deep breath, exactly the way Wailow
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  does when she is choosing her words. Then I open
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  my eyes and I begin there is an eyelah far away,
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  full of musical forests. I say, as I sway from
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  side to side, tall trees shimmy and shake in the
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  sea breeze. There are massive mountains, the wind housed through them,
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  and it sounds like wolf of singing love songs to
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  La Luna. I say, as I make myself mighty. Oh,
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  I cry out, and my classmates join me. The ocean
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  waves sing your nom brey and tickle your toes. When
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  I finished my story, the whole class cheers and chants, Gloriana, Gloriana, Gloriana.
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  Can I be a wolf too? Charlie asked, you can
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  show me how to dance like the trees. Donna asked,
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  see yes, I exclaimed, Maybe one day my friends can
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  dance and how with me all the way home to
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  the Republica Dominicana. A note from the author. Growing up
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  in the Bronx of New York with my Buela, I
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  received many wonderful gifts. She taught me Spanish and how
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  to cook. Most importantly, she nurtured my curiosity and taught
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  me to be brave. She reminded me that I could
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  do anything. This book is about how I learned to
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  be courageous and find my voice at school, just like
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  she learned to find her voice in a new country.
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  No matter where you are, no what you know that
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  you are E, you deserve to be here, Junior, yourself small.
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  I hope this story gives you the encouragement you may
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  need to be boldmember, to proudly raise your hand, how
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  like brave wolves, and serve city streets. This concludes our
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  children's story I ere for today. Please join us next
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  time as we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales.
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  Thank you for listening, and please stay tuned for the
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  next and here Leader on Radio I